Mobility

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September 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM

Blue Wuppertal Schwebebahn trains suspended above the Wupper River in Germany

Germany built a “flying train” above a crowded river valley in 1901 because there was barely any room left on the ground, and 125 years later the eight-mile suspended railway still carries more than 80,000 passengers every day

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September 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM

Semi-truck carrying an oversized concrete utility pole base beside damage to an Oklahoma Turnpike bridge.

One unpermitted truck load hit six Oklahoma bridges in a single trip, and the mistake cost nearly half a million dollars

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September 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM

ACUA Ocean Pioneer uncrewed SWATH vessel operating in rough seas.

A 46-foot robot boat found a distress beacon off Plymouth, and its steady hull may matter more to navies than hydrogen

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September 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM

Interstate 10, the Katy Freeway, with its stacked managed lanes and frontage roads in Houston.

Houston built a 26-lane freeway to beat traffic, but the cars came back and exposed the trap behind wider roads

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September 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive kicks off its coast-to-coast tour in Sacramento.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy crossed America at 1.2 million pounds, and the diesels behind it were not secretly doing the work

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September 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Satellite image of Hurricane Isaac approaching the Gulf Coast in August 2012.

Stanford researchers paired seismometers with infrasound microphones to capture hurricane forces near the surface, offering a new data stream for forecasting storm intensity without waiting for landfall

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August 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Metropolitan Police officers inspect an electric bicycle during a roadside enforcement operation targeting illegal e-bikes in London.

London police have seized more than 2,500 illegal e-bikes in seven months, already beating all of last year, and the roadside machine they now use explains why so many failed

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August 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Battery pack from a Kia e-Niro electric vehicle, the model that recorded the highest battery health in a study of nearly 10,000 used EV battery tests.

A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles

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August 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Permeable sponge pavement installed in Marrakech as part of urban climate resilience efforts to improve drainage and reduce heat.

Morocco is testing a porous ‘sponge’ pavement to replace scorching black asphalt in Marrakech and Agadir, and pilot data show it can run up to 16°F cooler

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August 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Three generations posing beside a restored 1953 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor on a family farm

His grandfather paid $2,200 for this new tractor in 1953, and 62 years later, his grandson did everything he could to recover it before it disappeared forever from the family’s history

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August 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM

Computer rendering of the JetZero Z4 blended-wing aircraft in Japan Airlines livery flying above clouds.

The aircraft, designed to replace the traditional tube-and-wing configuration, will seat 250 passengers and have a range of nearly 5,800 miles, though it still faces several major uncertainties

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August 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Used electric vehicle battery prepared for recycling at an auto salvage facility.

The cheapest and longest lasting electric car battery is the one nobody wants to recycle, and Colorado passed a law to fix the math before those packs become hazardous waste

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July 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Electric car charging at a public station in Spain as lower energy costs continue driving EV adoption.

Driving 100 kilometers in an electric car can cost just 2 or 3 euros compared with 10 to 15 euros in gasoline, a difference that is starting to hit wallets hard

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July 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Changan Nevo A06, the first mass-produced passenger electric vehicle powered by a sodium-ion battery developed with CATL.

China has introduced the first electric vehicle with a sodium-ion battery capable of driving 400 km on one charge, a bet that could make the next generation of cars cheaper

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July 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Aerial view of dozens of red articulated TransMilenio buses parked in rows at a Bogotá depot.

China will send 269 electric buses to a Latin American city and turn it into one of the first with a fully electric public transit fleet, the kind of urban leap that does not happen every day

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July 21, 2026 at 6:39 PM

Automated assembly line places cell packs into an electric-vehicle battery while a technician checks connections.

Electric vehicle batteries are beating expectations after hundreds of thousands of miles, and that could knock down one of the most common fears about EVs

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July 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Windrose electric truck with Trailer Logistics branding parked at a Chilean warehouse, owner Hernán Searle standing in front.

The electric truck is no longer just a green promise: in Chile, a transport entrepreneur says its operating cost now matches diesel and may even beat it, a line that sounds like a turning point for heavy logistics

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July 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Commuter riding a lightweight e-bike with Bosch Hub Line rear motor along a city waterfront.

Bosch has just broken with more than a decade of tradition in the e-bike industry with its first rear hub motor, a 5.1-pound urban system designed to integrate seamlessly into the wheel

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July 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Row of parked cars along a quiet northern Italian street, with a low-emission zone sign that restricts older diesel vehicles.

A tiny emissions code on a car document could stop older diesel vehicles from entering northern Italy, and tourists may discover it too late